Conversations on the Bible: Between a Mother and Her ChildrenHarrison Hall, 1837 - 360 pages |
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... heaven when 365 years of age ( B. C. 3017 ) , without suffering the pain of dying . This remarkable event would intimate , to a people destitute as yet of a written revela- tion , and guided only by the partial light of tradition , that ...
... heaven when 365 years of age ( B. C. 3017 ) , without suffering the pain of dying . This remarkable event would intimate , to a people destitute as yet of a written revela- tion , and guided only by the partial light of tradition , that ...
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... heaven were opened , and it rained forty days , and all the high hills and all the mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered , and all flesh died that moved upon the earth . ” Charles . I think the hills must have been ...
... heaven were opened , and it rained forty days , and all the high hills and all the mountains that were under the whole heaven were covered , and all flesh died that moved upon the earth . ” Charles . I think the hills must have been ...
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... heavens , to perpetuate their name to suc- ceeding generations . But God , who does not always favour the designs of ambitious men , was pleased to send among these projectors , such a confusion of languages , that they could not ...
... heavens , to perpetuate their name to suc- ceeding generations . But God , who does not always favour the designs of ambitious men , was pleased to send among these projectors , such a confusion of languages , that they could not ...
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... heaven , and to direct him to repair with his family to the mountains . He obeyed ; and thus , with his two daughters , was preserved ; whilst his wife , heedless of an express command , " not to look back , " lingered . Bewailing ...
... heaven , and to direct him to repair with his family to the mountains . He obeyed ; and thus , with his two daughters , was preserved ; whilst his wife , heedless of an express command , " not to look back , " lingered . Bewailing ...
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... heaven . You may perhaps think , my children , that I speak with lenity of the errors of this distinguished patriarch in the two instances I have related . It is not for me to soften or disguise the characters I present to you . The ...
... heaven . You may perhaps think , my children , that I speak with lenity of the errors of this distinguished patriarch in the two instances I have related . It is not for me to soften or disguise the characters I present to you . The ...
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Aaron Abimelech Abraham afflicted Ahaz altar amongst Amorites army Assyria Babylon Balaam became behold Bible blessing brethren brother brought called Canaan captivity Catherine Charles commanded covenant daughter David death delivered divine earth Egypt Elijah Elisha enemies Esau event Ezra Fanny father favour glory hand hath heart heathens heaven Hebrew holy honour hundred inhabitants Isaac Israel Israelites Jabesh-gilead Jacob Jehoiakim Jehovah Jephthah Jeremiah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jews Joab Jordan Joseph Joshua Judah king king's land Levites lived Lord Medes mercy messenger miracle Moab monarch Mordecai Moses Mother nation Nebuchadnezzar Nineveh offered Pharaoh Philistines pious present priests prince promise prophecy prophet punishment received reign religion royal sacred sacrifice Samaria Samson Saul Scriptures sent servant shalt Shechem Sisera Solomon sons STORY supposed Syria tabernacle temple thee thou thousand throne tion tribes unto whilst whole wife worship Zedekiah